Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
189
Highest
171.1%
Greece
Lowest
0.5%
Haiti
Median
53.3%
Years covered
56
1970–2025
Data points
14,235
What the numbers show
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female (%) is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 171.1% in Greece; the lowest is 0.5% in Haiti.
The median across all reporting countries is 53.3%, and the mean is 52.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 315.
Over the past decade 158 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Turks and Caicos Islands (up 8,686.4%), and the largest decrease in Cook Islands (down 74.5%).
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greece | 171.1% | 2023 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 2 | Macao | 149.6% | 2024 | up 91.3% | rising |
| 3 | Cyprus | 144.8% | 2024 | up 133.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Argentina | 140.2% | 2023 | up 43.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Australia | 129.2% | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 6 | Finland | 126.4% | 2024 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 126.0% | 2024 | up 69.6% | rising |
| 8 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 122.8% | 2015 | up 356.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Chile | 119.4% | 2024 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 10 | Norway | 115.4% | 2024 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 11 | Grenada | 112.9% | 2018 | up 69.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Turkey | 110.0% | 2023 | up 48.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Spain | 106.5% | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 14 | Sweden | 106.1% | 2024 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 15 | Austria | 105.4% | 2024 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 16 | South Korea | 105.2% | 2024 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 17 | Iceland | 104.2% | 2023 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Singapore | 102.1% | 2023 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 19 | Uruguay | 101.6% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 20 | Malta | 101.4% | 2023 | up 98.0% | rising |
| 21 | Latvia | 99.5% | 2024 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 22 | Poland | 99.5% | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 23 | Venezuela | 98.8% | 2008 | up 199.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Slovenia | 97.8% | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 25 | Croatia | 97.7% | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 26 | Georgia | 97.7% | 2025 | up 73.5% | rising |
| 27 | New Zealand | 96.3% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 28 | Puerto Rico | 95.9% | 2023 | down 14.8% | flat |
| 29 | Belgium | 95.6% | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 30 | Albania | 95.4% | 2024 | up 26.0% | volatile |
| 31 | United States | 94.9% | 2022 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 32 | Netherlands | 94.4% | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 33 | United Kingdom | 93.5% | 2023 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 34 | Denmark | 92.9% | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 35 | Lithuania | 90.1% | 2024 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 36 | Italy | 89.6% | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 37 | Canada | 88.6% | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 38 | Mongolia | 87.8% | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 39 | Palau | 86.5% | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 40 | Ireland | 85.7% | 2022 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 41 | Portugal | 85.4% | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 42 | Brazil | 85.3% | 2024 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 43 | Moldova | 84.8% | 2024 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 44 | Fiji | 84.3% | 2024 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Saudi Arabia | 84.2% | 2024 | up 34.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Serbia | 83.1% | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 47 | China | 83.1% | 2024 | up 74.5% | volatile |
| 48 | France | 82.0% | 2024 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 49 | Bulgaria | 82.0% | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 50 | Germany | 80.9% | 2024 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 51 | Ukraine | 80.2% | 2024 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 52 | Maldives | 79.9% | 2022 | up 281.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Bahrain | 79.9% | 2024 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Estonia | 79.2% | 2024 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 55 | Switzerland | 78.5% | 2024 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 56 | Czechia | 76.9% | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | 76.6% | 2024 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Ecuador | 76.1% | 2023 | up 70.5% | rising |
| 59 | Belarus | 75.6% | 2024 | down 30.1% | rising |
| 60 | Peru | 74.0% | 2017 | up 112.8% | volatile |
| 61 | United Arab Emirates | 72.6% | 2024 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 62 | Andorra | 70.9% | 2024 | up 331.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Qatar | 69.4% | 2024 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 64 | Hungary | 67.8% | 2024 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 65 | Barbados | 67.4% | 2025 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Montenegro | 66.9% | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 67 | Israel | 66.5% | 2024 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 68 | Panama | 66.3% | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 69 | Algeria | 66.1% | 2024 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 70 | Kuwait | 65.9% | 2021 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 71 | North Macedonia | 65.0% | 2023 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 72 | Slovakia | 64.9% | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 73 | Uzbekistan | 64.6% | 2025 | up 948.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Colombia | 64.3% | 2022 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 75 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 64.0% | 2022 | up 122.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Japan | 63.6% | 2023 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 77 | Romania | 63.0% | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 78 | Kyrgyzstan | 62.7% | 2025 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 79 | Russia | 62.7% | 2024 | down 31.8% | rising |
| 80 | Libya | 62.3% | 2003 | up 333.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Armenia | 61.3% | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 82 | Costa Rica | 60.5% | 2019 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 83 | Iran | 59.1% | 2022 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Tonga | 58.6% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Kazakhstan | 58.0% | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 86 | San Marino | 57.7% | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 87 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 57.7% | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 88 | Cuba | 57.6% | 2024 | up 15.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Lebanon | 57.1% | 2019 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 90 | Oman | 56.6% | 2024 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Thailand | 56.4% | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 92 | Mauritius | 55.1% | 2024 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Palestine | 54.8% | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 94 | Morocco | 53.5% | 2024 | up 113.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Philippines | 53.3% | 2024 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 96 | Mexico | 52.4% | 2024 | up 69.3% | rising |
| 97 | Indonesia | 49.9% | 2023 | up 55.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Tunisia | 49.4% | 2023 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 99 | United States Virgin Islands | 48.7% | 1993 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 100 | Syria | 47.4% | 2016 | up 140.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Azerbaijan | 46.9% | 2024 | up 89.3% | rising |
| 102 | Malaysia | 45.8% | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Brunei | 44.5% | 2023 | up 39.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Paraguay | 44.3% | 2010 | up 120.9% | rising |
| 105 | Marshall Islands | 43.9% | 2024 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 106 | Jordan | 43.6% | 2024 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Vietnam | 40.9% | 2024 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Egypt | 38.6% | 2025 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 109 | El Salvador | 37.9% | 2024 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 110 | Guyana | 37.4% | 2024 | up 139.7% | volatile |
| 111 | Liechtenstein | 36.3% | 2021 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 112 | British Virgin Islands | 36.2% | 2024 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 113 | India | 35.7% | 2025 | up 32.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Nicaragua | 35.7% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Tajikistan | 34.7% | 2024 | up 98.8% | rising |
| 116 | Jamaica | 33.4% | 2015 | up 41.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Namibia | 33.1% | 2022 | up 62.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 32.9% | 2023 | up 8,686.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Belize | 32.1% | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 120 | Guatemala | 30.5% | 2023 | up 51.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Cape Verde | 30.0% | 2018 | up 121.4% | volatile |
| 122 | South Africa | 29.8% | 2023 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 123 | Trinidad and Tobago | 29.8% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Honduras | 28.1% | 2024 | up 22.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Botswana | 26.6% | 2024 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Sri Lanka | 26.0% | 2023 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Luxembourg | 24.4% | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 128 | Myanmar | 24.4% | 2018 | up 86.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Nepal | 23.9% | 2024 | up 78.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Gambia | 23.1% | 2024 | up 3,158.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Samoa | 22.7% | 2024 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Cambodia | 22.7% | 2024 | up 88.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Ghana | 21.6% | 2024 | up 80.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Turkmenistan | 21.2% | 2024 | up 287.5% | rising |
| 135 | Bermuda | 20.9% | 2023 | down 57.6% | rising |
| 136 | Bangladesh | 20.8% | 2024 | up 82.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Saint Lucia | 20.6% | 2023 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Cook Islands | 20.5% | 2024 | down 74.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Seychelles | 20.1% | 2024 | up 87.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Aruba | 20.0% | 2024 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 141 | Comoros | 18.3% | 2017 | up 274.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Cameroon | 16.4% | 2024 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Senegal | 16.2% | 2024 | up 100.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Sudan | 15.9% | 2015 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 145 | Bhutan | 13.8% | 2024 | up 46.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Sao Tome and Principe | 13.0% | 2015 | up 244.4% | rising |
| 147 | Laos | 12.7% | 2023 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 12.6% | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 149 | Lesotho | 12.0% | 2018 | up 199.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Iraq | 11.4% | 2005 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 151 | Pakistan | 11.0% | 2024 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Togo | 10.8% | 2020 | up 116.2% | volatile |
| 153 | Cote d'Ivoire | 10.7% | 2024 | up 93.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Angola | 9.9% | 2024 | up 20.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Kenya | 9.2% | 2024 | up 21.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Anguilla | 8.9% | 2008 | up 272.8% | rising |
| 157 | Zimbabwe | 8.7% | 2024 | up 36.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Burkina Faso | 8.5% | 2024 | up 169.6% | volatile |
| 159 | Rwanda | 8.4% | 2024 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 160 | Congo | 8.3% | 2023 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 161 | Liberia | 8.2% | 2012 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 162 | Nigeria | 8.0% | 2011 | up 57.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Benin | 7.6% | 2022 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Mozambique | 6.7% | 2018 | up 149.4% | volatile |
| 165 | Dominica | 6.6% | 1993 | up 472.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Guinea | 6.6% | 2014 | up 834.5% | volatile |
| 167 | Eswatini | 6.4% | 2013 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 168 | Madagascar | 6.2% | 2023 | up 51.7% | rising |
| 169 | Burundi | 6.1% | 2025 | up 131.7% | volatile |
| 170 | Afghanistan | 5.9% | 2020 | up 310.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Gabon | 5.6% | 2003 | up 84.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Yemen | 5.4% | 2011 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 173 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 4.7% | 2020 | up 60.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Mauritania | 4.4% | 2020 | up 69.2% | volatile |
| 175 | Djibouti | 4.1% | 2011 | up 658.2% | volatile |
| 176 | Uganda | 4.0% | 2014 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Tanzania | 3.6% | 2024 | up 42.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Ethiopia | 3.6% | 2014 | up 154.8% | volatile |
| 179 | Zambia | 3.4% | 2012 | up 129.7% | volatile |
| 180 | Niger | 3.2% | 2019 | up 331.4% | volatile |
| 181 | Mali | 3.0% | 2015 | up 139.7% | volatile |
| 182 | Suriname | 3.0% | 2024 | down 49.1% | falling |
| 183 | Eritrea | 2.6% | 2016 | up 416.1% | volatile |
| 184 | Chad | 2.5% | 2020 | up 298.6% | volatile |
| 185 | Malawi | 2.2% | 2022 | up 236.9% | volatile |
| 186 | Central African Republic | 1.5% | 2012 | up 128.1% | volatile |
| 187 | Papua New Guinea | 1.4% | 1999 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 188 | Sierra Leone | 1.1% | 2002 | — | volatile |
| 189 | Haiti | 0.5% | 1986 | up 82.7% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand 120.3%
- UIS: Central and Eastern Europe 104.5%
- ECE: Eurasian Economic Union (eaeu) (unsdcode:98206) 97.1%
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 94.0%
- UNICEF: North America 93.4%
- ESCAP: North America (nam) (unsdcode:98425) 93.4%
- SDG: Northern America 93.4%
- WB: North America 93.4%
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 93.2%
- SDG: Europe 93.0%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (ida & Ibrd) 92.9%
- UNICEF: Central and Eastern Europe/commonwealth of Independent States 92.9%
- UNICEF: Eastern Europe and Central Asia 92.9%
- UIS: North America and Western Europe 92.6%
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 92.3%
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 92.2%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 92.2%
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 91.9%
- WB: Euro Area 91.5%
- UNICEF: Western Europe 91.5%
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 91.5%
- MDG: Developed Regions 91.3%
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend 90.2%
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 89.9%
- WB: European Union 89.9%
- ESCAP: Europe (europe) (unsdcode:98423) 89.3%
- WB: Oecd Members 87.4%
- WB: Europe & Central Asia (excluding High Income) 87.3%
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia Programme Countries 86.2%
- ESCAP: Wb High Income Economies (wb_high) (unsdcode:98436) 84.7%
- ECE: West Balkans (st7) (unsdcode:98205) 82.6%
- MDG: Eastern Asia 82.3%
- ESCAP: North and Central Asia (nca) (unsdcode:98417) 81.4%
- ESCAP: East and North-east Asia (enea) (unsdcode:98408) 81.1%
- SDG: Eastern Asia 81.1%
- WB: Central Europe and the Baltics 80.9%
- ECE: Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (cis) (unsdcode:98202) 80.8%
- ECE: Cis (cwg) (unsdcode:98201) 80.8%
- UNICEF: Western Balkans 78.9%
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 78.3%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release